The 11 Camel Rides and Balloon Trips in the UAE Travellers Rate Highest

1.Sunrise Balloon Flight with Camel Ride & Breakfast

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 433 reviews · 5 hours · from $305Our pick

Leave your Dubai hotel before dawn for a 40 to 70-minute balloon flight over the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. Guides such as Hanif, Ahmed, and pilots including JP help make the morning smooth and safe. After landing, enjoy breakfast, a short camel ride, and falcon photos before returning to the city.

“The breakfast can be improved It was cold -they served cold and not tasty food At least the coffee was hot”

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2.Dubai Hot Air Balloon Ride with Breakfast, Falconry & Camel Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 220 reviews · from $313Top rated

Start before dawn with Sindbad Gulf Balloons, rising to about 4,000 feet over the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. After a 40- to 70-minute flight, enjoy a Bedouin-style breakfast, camel ride, falcon photos, and an e-flight certificate. Captains including Bashir and Mohammad have been praised for calm briefings and safe landings.

“Wow! What an experience! Flawless from start to finish. I cannot say enough about the time we had on our first hot air balloon ride. Amazing!”

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3.Hot Air Balloon Ride with Camel Ride & Falcon Show

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 142 reviews · 5 hours · from $332

Leave Dubai before dawn for a 45 to 60 minute balloon flight over the Margham Desert. Watch a falcon fly beside the basket, then enjoy camel and horse rides and an Arabic buffet breakfast. Guides including Abdullah, Pinal, and pilot Ramy have helped make this a well-run five-hour morning.

“Amazing early morning experience! Guide was great, balloon pilot and crew were great. It was really neat to watch the falcon show in the air. Breakfast and interaction with the animals after the ride were also nice. Excellent communication from the tour operator about all of the important things. Definitely recommend this tour!”

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4.Hot Air Balloon with Camel, ATV, & Horse Ride Options

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 81 reviews · 5 hours · from $272

Start with hotel pickup, coffee, and a safety briefing before a 60 to 90 minute balloon flight above Dubai’s dunes and Hajar Mountains. Choose a basic flight or add breakfast, camel riding, ATV driving, and horse riding. English-speaking pilots and drivers handle the five-hour outing.

“Great trip, well organised and would recommend this company!”

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5.Premium Hot Air Balloon, Breakfast, Camel Ride, Quad Bike & More

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $378

Start around 3:30 am with Dubai hotel pickup, morning coffee, and a hot-air-balloon flight over the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. After landing, enjoy a buffet breakfast at a Bedouin camp, a short camel ride, quad biking or horse riding, and brief dune bashing before returning to your hotel.

“Absolutely incredible! I usually don’t write reviews but this was so good that I need to! From the moment we were picked up from our hotel to the moment we arrived back - enjoyed every moment. I didn't get our drivers name but he was brilliaRead more”

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6.Hot Air Balloon, Camel Ride, Desert Safari & More

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 10 reviews · 5 hours · from $375

Start before sunrise with Sindbad Gulf Balloons, rising to about 4,000 feet over the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. After landing, continue by 4x4 for dune bashing, a short quad ride, camel ride, breakfast, and falcon photos. Pickup, refreshments, guide, and return transport are included.

“Fantastisch! Zeer professionele piloot, prachtige zonsopgang en vergezichten. Het kon niet beter. En de woestijnsafari met Muhammed Shaleef was ook geweldig!”

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7.Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Flight, Breakfast, Camel Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 8 reviews · 6 hours · from $269

You leave your Dubai hotel in a shared 4x4 before sunrise and float above the desert for 45 to 60 minutes. An English-speaking pilot handles the safety briefing, while tea, coffee, and water are provided before takeoff. After landing, enjoy a gourmet breakfast, short camel ride, falcon photo, and flight certificate.

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8.Dubai Desert By Hot Air Balloon With Falcon Show and Camel

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $375

Start with a 4:30 am pickup from Dubai, then rise over the desert for 40 to 70 minutes at sunrise. After landing, enjoy a falcon show, camel ride, Arabian breakfast, pilot photos, and a signed flight certificate. The small group is limited to 10 people.

“Tout était parfait, l’organisation, le vol en montgolfière, notre pilote drôle et professionnel. Nous avons vu le lever du soleil dans le silence du désert, des animaux dans les dunes (chameaux, oryx, gazelles). L’atterrissage un peu mouvementé noRead more”

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9.Dubai Hot Air Balloon Tour with Breakfast Camel Ride and Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · from $347

Start around 4:30 am with pickup, tea or coffee, and a 40 to 60 minute sunrise balloon flight over Dubai’s desert. Depending on the option you choose, add dune bashing, quad biking, a short camel ride, and buffet breakfast. Transfers, taxes, and a digital flight certificate are included.

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10.Hot Air Balloon Flight in Dubai with Breakfast, Falconry and Camel Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $230Best value

Start with a pre-dawn pickup from Dubai city limits and rise to about 4,000 feet for a 30 to 60-minute sunrise balloon flight. After landing, enjoy a gourmet breakfast, ride a camel, and watch a falconry demonstration. The experience is capped at 20 people, though no guide names are provided.

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11.Hot Air Balloon Premium ,Camel Horse Ride,Dune Bashing ,Quad Bike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $410

Start around 3:00 am with shared hotel pickup, then rise over Dubai’s desert for 45 to 60 minutes at sunrise. Golden Trip adds camel and horse rides, a falcon photo, quad biking, dune bashing, camp breakfast, and a flight certificate. Guide Naveed is noted for attentive help.

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